A senior NHS adviser has warned that management consultants hired by the NHS are behaving like “racketeers” and “arms dealers” in times of war – making vast “spoils” from the Government’s reorganisation of the health service. management consultants hired by the NHS are behaving like “racketeers” and “arms dealers” in times of war – making … [Read more…]
Certain practices will be expected to merge or federate in order to offer routine opening times on Saturdays. They will provide flexible appointment lengths as part of London local area team’s £810m a year bid to improve and reshape general practice in the capital. The NHS England (London) ‘transformation framework’ – led by former RCGP … [Read more…]
Labour has dismissed George Osborne’s announcement as ‘spin’ after it has emerged that £750m of extra funding is recycled health department cash. With £750m of the £2bn coming from within the Department of Health has led to dismay amongst officials. The extra funding was announced before the chancellor’s autumn statement and received a warm welcome … [Read more…]
Failure in the NHS is too often met with more money as opposed to closure, but the health service has little choice than to embrace system reform. Sir Steven Bubb’s report exposing the failure of the NHS to reform the care of people with learning disabilities shines a light on the health service’s phenomenal ability … [Read more…]
Prime Minister David Cameron has said accident and emergency units are 0.3% short of meeting their 95% target of patients waiting four hours maximum before being seen. The PM has admitted the NHS is under pressure and suffering as a result of the influx of patients visiting accident and emergency units. David Cameron acknowledged that … [Read more…]
A private member’s bill that proposes undoing the awful excesses of the NHS reforms created by Andrew Lansley, has gained some weight. “The bill wouldn’t repeal the entire Health and Social Care Act. But it cuts the heart out of it. It would repeal some of the worst elements of it that impose market forces … [Read more…]
Senior doctors feel MP’s are “undermining” NHS reforms MP’s fighting local hospital closures are being accused of risking the lives of their constituents, according to senior doctors of the NHS Clinical Commissioners group. The group, which represents GP’s who have been granted the power to buy services for patients, believe that Labour’s actions to save hospitals from closing … [Read more…]